Federal contractor · MARLBOROUGH, MA
CANDELA CORPORATION
CANDELA CORPORATION received $217.1K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 9 awards (−4.4% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $2.9M. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($119.3K).
- Obligations · FY2026
- $217.1K
- New awards
- 9
- Sole-source
- 86%
- Single offer
- 14%
- UEI
- YKJ1DNBDCE96
- Parent company
- SYNERON MEDICAL LTD.
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 190.4KFY2017
- 616.2KFY2018
- 590.5KFY2019
- 159.4KFY2020
- 237.8KFY2021
- 177.4KFY2022
- 217.1KFY2023
- 278.3KFY2024
- 226.9KFY2025
- 217.1KFY2026
- 27.3KFY2027
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$119.3K55%3 awards
- Defense Health Agency$67.2K31%5 awards
- Department of the Army$30.5K14%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Equipment maintenance$217.1K100%
Where the work was performed
- San Diego County, CA$67.1K31%
- Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK$38.3K18%
- Chattahoochee County, GA$30.5K14%
- Cuyahoga County, OH$27.3K13%
- Los Angeles County, CA$25K11%
- Middlesex County, MA$15K6.9%
- Newport County, RI$14K6.4%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition100%US 39% · $217.1K
- Sole-source awards86%US 30% · $186.6K
- Single-offer competitions14%US 8.7% · $30.5K
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.
Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts
- Defense Health Agency$67.2KDepartment of Defense · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Department of Veterans Affairs· San Diego County, CA· Equipment maintenance· Oct 27, 2023 – May 22, 2026· 36C26224C0034
- Department of the Army· Chattahoochee County, GA· Equipment maintenance· Aug 2, 2022 – May 26, 2026· W91YTZ22P0084
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Cuyahoga County, OH· Equipment maintenance· Oct 25, 2024 – Oct 6, 2026· 36C25025P0027
- Defense Health Agency· Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK· Equipment maintenance· Feb 24, 2023 – Apr 6, 2026· W81K0223P0042
- Defense Health Agency· Newport County, RI· Equipment maintenance· Sep 13, 2021 – Jan 14, 2026· N6890821P0055
- Defense Health Agency· Montgomery County, MD· Equipment maintenance· Feb 9, 2024 – Jan 30, 2026· HT001424P0055
- Defense Health Agency· Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK· Equipment maintenance· Sep 9, 2025 – Apr 6, 2026· W81K0225PA057
- Department of Veterans Affairs· Los Angeles County, CA· Equipment maintenance· May 1, 2025 – May 30, 2026· 36C26225C0188
Subawards
Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.
As a prime: who it pays · FY2026
No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
No subawards reported to it in FY2026.
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $280K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $80K received
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
No subawards reported to other companies.
Primes that pay it
1 company · $360K reported
- VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 4 subawards · Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.
Competitors
Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.
Compared on 6 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- LUMENIS INC.$1.3M+5.1% in FY2026SAN JOSE, CA · 2 entities · 77% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenanceVeterans Affairs · Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenanceArmy · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance+3 more
- MEGIN US, LLC$427.5K+14% in FY2026CORAL SPRINGS, FL · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenanceDefense Health Agency · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
- HEARTLAND MEDICAL SALES & SERVICES LLC$607.1K−43% in FY2026LOUISVILLE, KY · 47% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenanceDefense Health Agency · Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance
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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.